Finding Visionary IT Leaders

Organizations in healthcare, education, and technology-driven industries, as well as service providers, are investing millions of dollars in information technology (IT) and informatics systems. The right IT leaders launch integrated clinical, genomic, financial and administrative IT solutions that enable and advance their organizations’ missions and long-term strategic visions.

Emerging roles for IT leaders such as chief information security officers, chief innovation officers, chief research information officers, and chief data analytics officers increasingly are critical to cutting costs, minimizing privacy and security issues, and improving quality. Our customized approach to each search relies on our consultants’ extensive network of contacts and reputation for excellence. We pride ourselves on long-term relationships and believe that collaboration and innovation, in all we do, will improve client outcomes in the communities we serve.

Integral to every search assignment we conduct are our Leadership Solutions, rooted in a competency assessment model which helps to evaluate executives' strengths and areas for improvement. Based upon factors critical to success in IT leaders, this proven portfolio of tools and methodologies helps organizations define what great leadership is according to their needs.

Hillary Ross, J.D., is the managing director and leader of the Information Technology practice with Witt/Kieffer. Hillary focuses on identifying CIOs, CISOs, CMIOs and other key IT leaders, including those in analytics and informatics. Her clients include hospitals, healthcare delivery systems, academic medical centers, colleges and universities, vendors and consulting firms across the country.